Murdoch apologises to Dowler family

Rupert Murdoch was “humbled” and held his head in his hands as he apologised to Milly Dowler’s family today for the hacking of the murdered schoolgirl’s phone by the News of the World.

The media mogul gave a “full and sincere apology” to Milly’s parents, Sally and Bob, and her sister Gemma at a meeting in a central London hotel, family lawyer Mark Lewis said.

Police claims that the teenager’s voicemails were illegally intercepted by a private investigator working for the News of the World after she went missing in 2002 triggered a string of damaging revelations which led to the closure of the Sunday tabloid.